On the second day, all the ministers of the Wu State and the Central Committee of the State received a notice to go to the Lingyan Mountain Gusutai Dynasty Meeting to discuss major state affairs.

The ministers could not help but be secretly surprised, this was something that had never happened since Bo Ya took charge of state affairs. If there was any problem before, I went directly to meet Dazai, and Dazai gave instructions, and everyone followed them. Everyone performs their duties and does their own things, and they are also in an orderly manner. Why did you suddenly have a meeting today?

There are all kinds of conjectures in private. A major national event is nothing more than a war. The war is going on. There is also the sacrifice, but the state must have the king participate in the sacrifice. The king is at war, and there will be no sacrifices. There is an even more outrageous idea, is it necessary to establish a new monarch? Because the king is not at the court, it is not uncommon for someone to appoint a new king.

But anyway, everyone came. Hundreds of people arrived, and Gusutai suddenly became vibrant. The court meeting was held in Yongxing Hall. This was the first court meeting in the king's absence.

Bo Yao walked in from behind, and everyone immediately stopped whispering and looked at Dazai together. Tai walked behind the bookcase, stood down, and looked around, showing a terrifying majesty. He said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the king and the prime minister are on a foreign expedition, so this court meeting will be presided over by the prime minister.

"You may guess that there would not have been such a plenary meeting without a major event. Yes, you're right. It is true that something big has happened, so I invite everyone to negotiate a way to deal with it, because although the prime minister replaces the king, this matter is too important, and the prime minister does not dare to make decisions on his own.

"Here's the thing, three days ago, I received information that the State of Chu was mobilizing the army, what was the mobilization of the army for, and I didn't know it at the time, so the prime minister just paid close attention. No action was taken.

"Last night, I received new information that the 50,000 troops of the Chu State had left the capital Yingdu, passed through Jingling and Jiangxia, and came in the direction of Echeng and Baiju. Judging by the route of the Chu army, they marched to the Wu-Chu border. Intelligence is like this, now please discuss, first, what is the Chu army going to do? Will it enter the territory of the State of Wu. Second, if the Chu army invades the state of Wu and the army rushes straight towards Gusu, how will we respond? Now, please share your views. ”

Everyone, look at me, I'll look at you, this thing came too suddenly, and everyone's mind hasn't turned a corner. I don't know what to say, the venue of hundreds of people is as quiet as no one.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak for a long time, Bo Yao snorted angrily and said: "If you adults don't have anything to say, then the meeting will be dismissed, and the army of Chu will attack Gusu, and you may not know who will die." Bo Ya's life is no more valuable than everyone! Okay, let's go back. ”

Bo Yao said this, but no one left, and everyone could still hear that he was angry.

One of the ministers came out and said, "This is too important, should we wait for the king to return?" ”

Immediately someone objected: "Ridiculous, if the king does not come back, it means that the war over there has not been finished, and if the battle is over, the king will come back, and it is not fun there." Excuse me, do you know when the battle over there will be over? Can this matter wait? ”

Others said, "Is it eight hundred miles in an urgent hurry, and send someone to ask the king?" ”

The other immediately retorted: "This statement is not right, from Gusu to Qi country, the fastest round trip takes more than 20 days, and when you ask the king to come back, what should have happened has already happened." ”

Bo Yao knocked on the table: "Don't talk nonsense, analyze it, the Chu army is heading towards the Wuyue border, what is their purpose?" ”

A minister came out and said: "This matter is obvious, there are nothing more than two possibilities, the first is normal defense, we don't have to worry about it, it's none of our business." The second is to invade the state of Wu. ”

"That makes sense. Let's analyze it, is it likely that the Chu army will invade the state of Wu? ”

One of the ministers said: "The lower officials think that it is extremely likely that the state of Chu will send troops to invade the state of Wu. First, the state of Chu and the state of Wu have always been at odds, with dozens of large and small wars, and when the king was the first, the state of Chu was almost destroyed by us. This hatred will not go away. Second, they received news that the king had led his army to attack and the rear was empty, and this was their chance to take revenge, so they took this opportunity to come and take revenge. ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately talked about it.

"The analysis makes sense. The purpose of the Chu army's dispatch this time was to invade the state of Wu. Besides, whether he intends to invade Wu or not, we must respond as if they were invading Wu State, so that we can be invincible. Is there anything else you have to say about this? ”

Someone said: "I agree with Dazai's opinion, regardless of whether the purpose of the Chu army is to invade the state of Wu, we should deal with it as if it was an invasion of the state of Wu." The next step is to talk about how we should respond. ”

Dazai said: "Everyone will come up with ideas, and the Chu army will attack." How we respond. ”

An old minister came out and said, "Dazai-sama, the first way to deal with them is to negotiate with them through diplomatic means and tell them to stop fighting. The old man thought that this kind of thing could not be solved by diplomacy. We are stronger than him, at least about the same, and diplomacy can solve the problem. Now that the state of Chu has grasped the emptiness in our rear and raised troops to attack, the state of Chu will not withdraw its troops just by talking empty words. The only way is for the soldiers to block the water and cover the earth. ”

The ministers spoke:

"Agree with the Boss."

"You can't solve the problem if you don't fight."

"Then let's fight!"

Bo Yao shouted, "Be quiet. Adults, everyone agreed that sending troops to fight with the Chu army was the only way. But please think about it, what is the emptiness in the rear? It's just that there are no soldiers to send in the rear, and this is the situation we are in now, and all the soldiers who can fight have followed the king's northern expedition. Who can think of a way to conjure up an army for me? ”

This is a serious problem.

The ministers were silent. No one has the ability to conjure up an army.

The meeting reached a stalemate, and overheard a report: "Zhongli, a small border town, sent an envoy to deliver a war report." ”

He said, "Call him in." ”

A small army came in, stumbling, obviously very tired after a long journey, and knelt down to report: "Lord Qiqi, Zhongli is in a hurry!" The 50,000 troops of the Chu State had already crossed Baiju and were killing Zhongli, and the Qing court quickly sent troops to rescue. ”

Bo Yao said: "Get up and go to eat and rest, and then hurry back and tell the guards that the imperial army will arrive soon." ”

The little army went out. Bo Ya said, "Everyone has seen it, right? Now find a way to conjure up an army to resist the attack of the Chu army. ”。

Everyone looked at each other. Dazai: What's going on? Got the wrong medicine? Who can conjure up an army?

In the silence, someone suddenly shouted: "Dazai-sama, ladies and gentlemen, don't worry, we have a ready-made army available, 50,000 troops!" ”